I work in a psychiatric hospital so we are 24/7 regardless of what day it is. I am scheduled from 3-1130pm today (I was supposed to work day shift today but yesterday they switched today's schedule, another plus of working for a psych hospital, so much for my plans for the day).
Tomorrow I'm scheduled 7a-730p. It will not be a fun day. First, we are always understaffed on weekends and holidays (the days when the patients' day is less structured and thus when they are most likely to do something that demands our immediate attention). Second, on our unit (where many of my co-workers don't have much of a work ethic) you can guarantee that someone will call in sick on a holiday (on other units that is unheard of). Last, on holidays patients are least happy about being stuck on a locked psychiatric hospital unit and thus are most likely to become agitated. I'm not looking forward to it, it will likely be a tough and understaffed day, and if someone on evening shift calls in (a likelihood) I have a decent chance of working an 18 hour day and being told 5 minutes before I think I'm going home.
